10/27/06
Please
download the following three podcasts and listen to
them repeatedly studying the vocabulary and questions provided at the same
time. I will either announce quizzes concerning them at a later time or
incorporate them in your next exam. If you have any questions, technical,
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Vocabulary
and Questions
Gautama
Siddhartha (Sakyamuni)
bodhi tree
Mara (the
evil one)
Nirvana
Tripitaka:
sutras, sastras, and vinayas
Madyamika
(middle way)
sunya
Yogacara
Maitreya (the
future Buddha)
Bodhisattva
Avelokitesvara (Guanyin)
Questions:
What are the
Four Noble Truths?
What is the
Buddhist concept of the self?
What lies
behind the metaphor to compare the transmigration of the soul to the passing of
the flame from one lamp to another?
2. Tang Dynasty
Vocabulary
and Questions:
Li Yuan (Gaozu)
Tang dynasty
Guanzhong
Li Shimin (Taizong)
Wei Zheng
Gaozong
Wu Zetian
Xuanzong (the
Brilliant Emperor)
Kaiyuan
Tianbao
Li Linfu
Zhang Jiuling
Yang Guifei
Yang Guozhong
An Lushan
Sogdian
(pertaining to Sogdiana, an area in
Questions:
1. What are
some of the key factors that favored Li Yuan in his effort to building his own
dynasty?
2. How would
you characterize the relationship between Taizong and
his courtiers in general and that between Taizong and
Wei Zheng in particular?
3. Describe
Li Linfu｡ｯs frontier policy and its consequences.
4. The two
reign periods of Xuanzong--compare them and give an
account of differences.
Vocabulary
and Questions:
Uighurs
Tibetans
Hexi
Corridor
Zhang Yichao
Huang Chao
Rebellion
Xizong
eunuch power
Zhaozong
Zhu Quanzong (warlord)
Chang’an and
its destruction
Five
Dynasties
Bian (
Liang
Tang
Jin
Han
Zhou
Ten States
Song dynasty
Questions:
What
happened in the post-rebellion period to Tang-Tibetan relations?
What role
did the Uighrs play in the An Lushan
rebellion and thereafter?
What
happened to the eunuchs in 903?
Why the
period between Tang and Song is referred to as that of the Five Dynasties and
Ten States?
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4. The
Needham question (Science and technology in premodern
China)